Nxf2 wasn't a ?, perhaps a ?!. The real mistake was Bxg5.
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thesexyknight wrote:
Nxf2 wasn't a ?, perhaps a ?!. The real mistake was Bxg5.
What better move does black have than 12. ... Bxg5 ? As I see it, after 12. Qe2, black has no good options. Remember, the real issue isn't the fork, it's black's trapped knight. After, for example, 12. ... Qd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rf1 and black loses the knight. Black isn't far behind in material, but he is still behind.
Also, black never actually played 12. ... Bxg5. My connection was lost after I played 12. Qe2, and that move was never even recorded online or on his end. So unfortunately, the game ended before the exchange actually played out.
Personally I play the Semi-Danish more often than the full Danish, using 3.Nf3. Feel the Bc1 is actually very well placed there for the opening. Bb2 it does not seem to be a factor till later.
There are some tactical tricks to be aware of in this opening. For instance see 4...Be7? loses to Qd5. Except for that type situation, the Queen is most often useful on b3 vs ...d6 lines. And you could have played 6.Qb3 or even 5.Qb3. It is often played as a zwishenzug move after dxc3. To play o-o was better than Bg5 imo. Then you are ready to attack.
There is a general rule that Bg5 pins are not as strong until after the opponent o-o there. And here it is not a pin even. Dont worry about him playing h6 to stop Bg5 as that is an error of time wasting on his part to prevent a Bg5 that is not all that dangeous at least Until he gives you that h6 Target! Then that B may have more to do. To me, Bf5 often seems a good placement, covering e5.
But you did get into some interesting new ground there :)
Regards }8-)
Hi, here is a 10|0 live blitz game I played last night that unfortunately ended when my connection was interrupted after just 11 moves. I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the Openings forum, but this seemed to be more suited to what I was looking for. I was white and played the Danish Gambit, and black took the first gambit pawn but declined the second with 3. ... d6. The game got interesting pretty quickly, and I feel I probably had an edge, but it's hard to tell after so short a game.
Thoughts and analysis would be greatly appreciated.